Askonas Holt
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Shannon Keegan makes role debut singing Begbick in Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at Opera Bergen. Read the full story here: buff.ly/5KeTZWf
Nemanja Radulović and Double Sens embark on European tour with Askonas Holt. Read the full story here: buff.ly/fxBqXPD
The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra marks fifth year with ‘Invincible’ international tour in collaboration with Askonas Holt. Read the full story here: buff.ly/dgYUlUN
Héloïse Werner's BBC commission The Wood Pigeon receives its world premiere at the Proms by Dame Evelyn Glennie, Fantasia Orchestra and the BBC Singers. Read the full story here: buff.ly/OrhLKoG
Matthias Pintscher appointed Music Director of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Read the full story here: buff.ly/wceCM6Q
il Pomo d’Oro and Jakub Józef Orliński embark on final tour of Beyond. Read the full story here: buff.ly/FbMLtBw
Rosa Feola sings Liù at Puccini Festival’s centennial production of Turandot. Read the full story here: buff.ly/pjc2sp3
Peter Whelan returns to the BBC Proms with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducting Zelenka, Mozart and Haydn featuring William Thomas as soloist. Read the full story here: buff.ly/YvzQ0qB
Oscar Jockel appointed Principal Conductor of Remix Ensemble and Conductor in Residence at Casa da Música. Read the full story here: buff.ly/Flf2mhb
Oscar Jockel makes Korean debut at Music in PyeongChang Festival. Read the full story here: buff.ly/EF4QuAR
Natalie Lewis debuts at the BBC Proms and Saffron Hall with Aurora Orchestra. Read the full story here: buff.ly/vmSO67R
Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Bayreuther Festpiele’s premiere production of Rienzi. Read the full story here: buff.ly/6BU5YSO
Asmik Grigorian, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Davide Luciano and Anita Monserrat make debuts in Carmen at Salzburger Festspiele. Read the full story here: buff.ly/0KcwMlw
Iain Burnside joins forces with Roderick WIlliams performing at King's Lynn Festival, Paxton House and Three Choirs Festival. More details here: buff.ly/Dp6B7tv
Alpesh Chauhan debuts at Concertgebouw conducting Belgian National Orchestra. Read the full story here: buff.ly/eB7uP5v
Laurence Kilsby returns to the BBC Proms with Jupiter Ensemble performing Dowland and Purcell. Read the full story here: buff.ly/6PWQ2Lm
Tsotne Zedginidze debuts with NHK Symphony Orchestra performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.3. Read the full story here: buff.ly/2ACszBH
Nicolas Ellis debuts with San Francisco Symphony. Read the full story here: buff.ly/Yr1412z
Malcolm Martineau returns to Wigmore Hall with Sir Simon Keenlyside. Full details here: buff.ly/NjjdTrt
Jakub Przybycień topped the Mahler International Conducting Competition last night with the Bamberger Symphoniker and was also awarded the Audience Prize, voted for by the listeners.
Sora Elisabeth Lee debuts at Festival di Spoleto conducting Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Read the full story here: buff.ly/WC8mZGB
John Findon makes his US debut as Lennie in Of Mice and Men at Des Moines Opera. Read the full story here: buff.ly/1NiK9Yv
Lawrence Power premieres Ryan Wigglesworth’s Viola Concerto at Aldeburgh Festival. Read the full story here: buff.ly/0ByxhWr
Iestyn Davies joins forces with La Nuova Musica singing Disinganno in Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at Snape Maltings. Full details here: buff.ly/FkfKyc8
Ian Bostridge returns to Istanbul Music Festival as part of their Festival Encounter series. Full details here: buff.ly/dxpoGmw
Junyan Chen named ECHO Rising Stars for 2027/28. Read the full story here: buff.ly/in8LlTE
Nicole Car debuts as trio of heroines in Il Trittico at the Wiener Staatsoper. Read the full story here: buff.ly/4zNabSx
Opéra de Tours today announced the appointment of Marc Leroy-Calatayud as their first Music Director, beginning from the 2026/27 season for a term of three years. Read the full story here: buff.ly/ExATua2
Li Huanhong debuts at La Monnaie singing Cesare Angelotti in Tosca. Read the full story here: buff.ly/WIEo3Ty
Karina Canellakis and London Philharmonic Orchestra announce further extension of partnership to 2029/30. Read the full story here: buff.ly/rBWkzon